The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20
WREATHED IN ROSES.

w NEAIHEU In KUNES.
BosToN's PUBLIC OFFICIALS NoeLy
BECOME RIDICULOUS.
What the East Wind whispers 1t Kellys.
townsville Boston sell Club Aiming n
second Place-A Forecast of Coming
Amuscments.BOaton Gossip.
aN Bosrox, May 16.
Wreathel to make Boston holiday
That is the epitaph to which Mayor O'Brien
and various public officials are fully enti.
tied. The modern Athens felt the centuries
roll back and Hibernia give place to Hellaa
when It raw its city officers passing through
the streets to the depot, wearing on their
heads wreaths Of roses prepared by Kapi-
olaiii's royal hands. Is 1t possible that the
queen Of The isles did not know she was act
ing the part Of Nemesis whsn she twined
those flowers Tor her entertainers, or tor
turefS. There hasn't been 70 much whole
some laughter around since Gillette played
the Fri, ate Secretary here.
Kapiolani: Well fed, copper colored, dig
niiet, intelligent, benevolent. Wears cloth
ing. Not fig leaves. Wants to raise funds IN
England. Inveig,sd to Boston by common
councilmen who want to spend city money.
Dragged around all day from graveyard to
pcnitentiary. No rest. Kaleidoscope Of
strange sights Too officious strange people.
Want to show her graves Of men who inaug-
urated sewer department and built first
gas house. Five hundred nice Wellesley
girls singing ''Wondrous things Of thee are
spoken and talking Hawaiian to her. Fine
weather. Boston school regiment review
mass of housekeeping, smart, well-drilled
lads. Parker house spreads. AssiduouS,
naturalized escorts. Mechanics hall-recep-
ton 0,00O well-dressed people. Queen and
long-named princess still live Escaped at
last
At last the base ball crank attached to
the Hub is fabricated with unctuous Joy.
The crank referred to Is OF the hnman
species, and he believes that the Boston
league base ball nine Il going to whip
everything outside u Detroit this year.
There his enthusiasm stops, for Detroit's big
men are going to bat their way TO triumph,
il the Man Who Knows It All knows all
that he thinks he knows. And Il you could
get the most intelligent members Of the
league in separate corners and pump out
their inmost beliefs you would hnd that
they agree with the Man Who Knows It
All. That is the way they talk among
themselves.
The players Of the Boston nine ted each
other that it is to be fight for second place
this year. Their most dangerous rivals for
that place are Philadelphia and New York.
The Naw Workers are pretty, bpt sread -
much time in counting their eggs that 1t is
doubtful if they will hatch into successful
games
Philadelphia is most feared, partly be-
cause of the shrewd management and partly
because they have a pitcher who cannot be
matched Ferguson is one of the brainiest
men in the field. He uses his wits in every
inning, and has an easy delivery which is
as swift as last years.
The more formidable league teams are so
evenly matched this year that the contest
will be decided by good tactics rather than
by special ability in the different positions.
Hereon the Bostons build their hopes. They
have become models of steady behavior
Kelly left his reputation for conviviality at
Chicago; and is giving the club thorough
course of sprouts both off and on the field
The Bostons cannot be made a heavy bat
ting club, hut by their daring base running,
superb fielding and close attention to bust
ness they can allow their opponents few
base hits and yet win.
Kelly talks to them severely on the field
and they don't resent it. There is no ill
feeling. They are playing to win, and are
willing to be roughed, even by a Chicagoite,
if that will aid to victory. Perhaps no
member of the club SO much needs the spur
as Catcher Tate, who caught steady
stream Of Kellyish remarks during the
Washingtons games here. 1t is this con-
slant bracing applied to logy player that
enables sharp work.
The club does not lack good battery
power. Madden is pitching intelligently
and receives warning "There you go''
from Kelly whenever he begins to get rat
tied. If his head isn't turned with the
praise he is getting a good seasons work
may be expected from him. Stemmyer re-
lies too much on speed for the best work,
and is not SO speedy under the new rules.
Easy-going Radbourn has lost none of his
skill Conway is promising young one.
Tate, O'Rourke Daily and Kelly are hack
stop Of the first order.
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have learned the true reason of the queer
state Of base ball at Chicago this year. 1t
comes straight from headquarters The
fact, is Anson has watched Harry Wright's
career. He is going to do likewise Wright
at Philadelphia has turned green lot of
youths into ball players, and won much
glory. If they are beaten. "How could you
expect these young fellows to do BETTER is
the cry; if they win, "Great is Harry
Wright If club of old stagers like the
New Workers are beaten they are spoken of
with sneers.
Anson sees the point, and he feels that
the time is coming when, more than ever,
the populace will cry: "Great is Anson of
the Chicagoans. His highness may not
have a real, live nine in the field for
month or two, but he knows the stuff of
which ball players are made, and he will
mold it.
The Boston base ball managers. ''the
stingy triumvirate," as they are sometimes
called, are the subject Of much abuse.
They are business men making the most of
, good investment, and from their
own point Of view the sort Of goodfellow
ship the crowd clamor for does not seem
good business. The profit already received
rom their $40, 900 investment in Kelly is
IN eye-opener to them though, and if they
earn to cultivate the good will of the half